Two months ago, Catalina García took her mother to Disney World for the first time. “It was her dream,” García says. “It was a very special trip.” In more ways than one. García is the lead singer of the Colombian band Monsieur Periné, and as she was going back to …
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Arooj Aftab, the Brooklyn-based Pakistani artist who recently notched a handful of Grammy nominations (including Best New Artist), performed a trio of songs from her acclaimed album Vulture Prince on the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. Aftab and her backing ensemble staged their performance in a …
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Dolly Parton‘s hardscrabble childhood in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains informs her very being. She wasn’t too far removed from her family’s one-bedroom cabin on Locust Ridge when she moved to Nashville in 1964 after graduating high school. As she slowly carved out a career as a songwriter, her upbringing — and …
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Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin delivered a xylophone-and-kazoo-heavy rendition of Billy Joel’s “Big Shot” to mark the sixth night of their Hanukkah Sessions 2021. The Foo Fighters frontman said of the cover, “While he claims a secular Long Island upbringing (and has songs full of Catholic and Italian imagery), Billy …
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Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson, two coaches on The Voice this season, enter a battle round of their own as guests on the special preview of Jimmy Fallon’s That’s My Jam, an hour-long music and comedy variety game show premiering on January 3rd on NBC. The pair is selected to …
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In the mid-2000s, few people were more famous than Britney Spears. But as she began to stumble in her personal life, the price of the public’s fascination was more than just a few nasty late-night jokes. Paparazzi swarmed Spears’ home and her family, turning the singer into a tabloid punching …
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The Chilean rocker Mon Laferte, who announced this year that she’s expecting her first child, proudly showed off her pregnant belly as she took the stage at the 2021 Latin Grammys alongside La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho and Gloria Trevi. The mother-to-be removed an overcoat to reveal …
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Eddie Vedder reflects on a seminal night in his rock & roll life — when he got the chance to meet the Clash’s Joe Strummer and future Pearl Jam bandmate Jack Irons — in an excerpt from his new Audible Original, I Am Mine, from the platform’s Words + Music …
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Courtney Barnett details her experiences on the road, creative process, battling depression and more in upcoming documentary, Anonymous Club. It was filmed during a three-year period while she was on tour in support of her 2018 album Tell Me How You Really Feel. The film features Barnett narrating her experiences …
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Britney Spears has only been officially free from her conservatorship for a weekend, but she has nearly 14 years of catching up to do. The singer took to Instagram Monday afternoon to share a glimpse into how she celebrated the termination of the conservatorship, which a California judge announced last …
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